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Database Project United Kingdom

The UK comprises four independent curriculum authorities - one for each of England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. In all bar Scotland the school curriculum is based on “key stages??? which roughly translate as ages 4-7, 7-11, 11-14 and 14-16. The compulsory curriculum ends at age 16 although the majority of students in all four countries elect to continue post compulsory education beyond that age.

The English curriculum can be found at http://curriculum.qcda.gov.uk/. There is no single document for mathematics and each mathematics-related document needs to be read in conjunction with other documents concerning the function of the curriculum, its broad aims and so on. Additionally, as the English curriculum changes every time a new government is elected, the current curriculum is due to change in the coming months. It is a statutory curriculum and all state-funded schools must adhere to it. Independent schools do not have to follow it.